Hang Low Aim High Western Story samples

The comic publishers "Kurrent Edition" asked Adrian (my illustrator) and I if we had anymore western stories?

I thought for a bit and in the course of a weekend finished writing a 25 page stand alone story called:

"Hang Low Aim High"

The Outline:

A notorious train robber is caught and sentenced to death by hanging in a small Nevada town.

The whole town comes out to see the hanging of the train robber, who is wanted in 3 states.

On the gallows he tells anybody who will listen that his loot is buried, and he will give the location to anyone who spares his life.

Some of the towns people need the money, his old gang wants the money and the Sheriff is left with two choices... the towns safety or seeing justice being served.

Welcome to "Hang Low Aim High"

                                Adrian is using water colors to add to the mood and time period.

You can be a character in my comic book!!!

My Comic Book:

(Mankind to the Third Power)

Is looking for everyday people to star in it!!

Have you ever wanted to be in a comic book?  Or have a "power"? Well now you can!!

I have started a fund raising venture on "Rocket Hub" to help raise funds for my first "Super Hero" comic book.

Why am i doing this?

The way it works is you don't see money from your first books sales until about 2-3 months after it came out, by then the second issue would already be out and the artist would have to be paid for that one as well.  

I am doing this to get ahead of the game and get the right illustrator on this project which will hopefully make it successful.

Just go to the link below to find out more.

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/22425-mankind-to-the-third-power

• Fund $20 and more

  Your name in Book
  You will get a thank you in the back of the first book.

• Fund $100 and more

  Donations of $100
  All backers who support this project with a $100 donation will name a character in this project. You can use either your first name, your last name or both, depending on whether or not it is a "copy written" name. (If your first name is Clark and your last name is Kent, we can only go with either your first or your second NOT both.)

• Fund $150 and more

  Donations of $150
  You get to name a character and you will get to pick your characters "evolved power" (up to 1 power. example: flight, strength, fire...)

• Fund $200 and more

  Donations of $200
  You will get to name a character, you will get to pick your characters "evolved power" (up to 1 power example: flight, strength, fire...) and... your character will die a horrible death!!!

Thank to all who help support this project.

Mankind to the Third Power (5 Page script sample)

"Mankind to the Third Power" created and written by Kelly Bender

Mankind to the Third Power (Issue 1 pages 1-5)
Page 01 (4 panels)

Panel 1 (largest panel)

We can see a young Hispanic male (17) wearing skater clothes, he has longer black hair which is parted down the middle. He is skateboarding in the street. It is day time. 2:00pm in the afternoon.

BOY:
Look out.

Coming through.

Panel 2

We can see cop cars chasing him with their lights on and sirens going.

SFX::

Weeeee

SFX: 

Honk!

Panel 3

We can see the skateboard kid go on the sidewalk and heading for an alley. 

BOY:

I’m outta here.

Panel 4

Imagine that we are in the passenger seat of the cop car, We are looking to the left and we can see the driver he has a radio and is talking on it, passed him we can see out the driver side door window and we can see the skater going down the alley.

COP:

This is car 82, the suspect is going to go airborne require helicopter assistance.

Mankind3 Issue 01 Kelly Bender                                                                                                                               

Page 02 (4 Panels)

Panel 1 (largest panel)

The skater has reached a dead in the alley, he is standing there with one foot on the board and the front part of the board is raised. We can see a fire escape off to the left.  A dumpster on the right.

BOY:

Crap. 

Well I ain’t going back the way I came that’s for sure.

Guess we find another way out of here.

Panel 2

We can see the kid running up the metal stairs of the fire escape.  He has his skate board with him the whole time.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 3

Still going up the fire escape this time going facing the other way (zig zag pattern)

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 4

We can see the kid climbing over the top and stepping onto the roof, still holding onto the skateboard.

BOY:

Hello New York.

How've you been?

Mankind3 Issue 01 Kelly Bender                                                                                                                                 

Page 03 (4 Panels)

Panel 1

We are looking at the boy he is smiling thinking that he got away.

BOY:

Who can’t get caught?

Me that’s who.

Panel 2 (largest panel)

We are looking down at an aerial view of the rooftop.  We can see the boy his is standing on the roof of an apartment building in New York City. There is a bright spotlight on him from a police helicopter.

POLICE HELICOPTER:

Freeze. You are under arrest for violating the “Mankind Code”.

BOY:

Oh crap.

Panel 3

The skater boy starts skating away in the opposite direction of the helicopter, he is heading towards the edge.  

BOY:

Skating abilities don’t fail me now.

Panel 4

We can see the boy doing an “Ollie” over the buildings edge.

BOY:

Wahoo!!!

Mankind3 Issue 01 Kelly Bender                                                                                                                

Page 04-05 (4 Panels)

Panel 1 (Splash Page) covers ¾ of the top of the two pages.

We can see the skater almost surfing in the sky using his skate board, the skate board is glowing a bright green color.  His eyes are glowing the same color. He has telekinesis powers, he is moving the skateboard in the air with his mind.  Imagine the “grey colored surfer” (from the other guys book but using a skateboard).

We can see the helicopter and the whole of Manhattan in the background.  The skater is the largest thing in the picture.

POLICE COPTER:

Halt, you are violating the “Mankind Code”, stop using your “evolutionary powers” or we will shoot. You are under arrest.  This is your last warning.

CREDITS:

MANKINDX3

ISSUE TITLE: The Evolution will be televised

Panel 2

We can see a guy hanging out from the helicopter with a machine gun and he is opening fire.

SFX:

Ratatata!! (machine gun noise)

Panel 3

Without looking around the skater just lifts his left hand and stops all the bullets.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 4

The skater turns like he’s riding a wave and heads down another alley lower than the helicopter can follow.  Have some “energy” flowing or trailing behind him.

BOY:

Better luck next time losers. 

Super Hero story I am currently looking for an illustrator for

Mankind to the third power.

Mankind has evolved again. First from Cro-Magnon man to modern day and now from modern day to people with abilities.

Mankind has evolved.

This new evolution has allowed people do things not humanly possible.

People can breathe underwater, run faster, use their minds in ways never thought before.   People thought it was a curse, an environmental thing. But it was just evolution.

As more and more Mankindx3’s start to appear, Mankindx2 quickly race for either a cure or a solution to this growing epidemic.   

These newly evolved humans are being hunted, jailed, examined and exterminated.  

Welcome to the third Evolution of man. 

What was once yours is mine (illustrations)

Here is the Western anthology story entitled "What was once yours is mine".

Story by Kelly Bender (Me)
Art by Adrian "Crisuadi" Crismaru

"Blood Red Lipstick" Anthology Story

Blood Red Lipstick by Kelly Bender                                                                                                                                        

Page 1 (4 Panels)

Panel 1 (largest panel)

We are in Paris France and we are at an intersection, we can see the Eifel tower to the far right down the street. kiddy corner (right across from where we are standing ) is a quaint sidewalk cafe, we can see 4-8 tables on the corner.  The front table has a gorgeous Asian lady wearing a red dress with a red purse by her feet.  She is using her compact mirror to apply red lipstick to her lips. She is sitting on the left side of the table facing towards the Eifel tower.  There is an older Caucasian gentleman waiter (40’s) bald wearing glasses and a nice white shirt with a black bowtie and a black vest carrying a tray of glasses filled with red wine and bread to a table 2 away  to the left from the lady (her back is to them).  The table has 3 people they are an African Dictator and his 2 African Military Generals. (45-60 year old respectively)    

People are walking tourists are taking photos of the Eifel tower we can see in the distance.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2

Closer zoom of the Asian lady sitting at the table all by herself she is attractive, she has jet black hair which is parted in the middle and is shoulder length hair, she has red lipstick (if it’s in color) she is wearing a red skin tight dress which is very revealing. There has a wine glass half filled with red wine, we can see a candle and part of a bowl on a small plate.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2

The waiter is handing her a menu which is in a typical brown leather case (which most menus come in)

LADY:

Merci

Panel 3

We are showing the ladies gorgeous legs, her legs are crossed but the slit in the dress shows all her legs.

From this view we can see the waiter walks away to another table, we can also just barely see the the top part of her red purse. (expensive handbag)  “Coach”

NO DIALOGUE

Blood Red Lipstick by Kelly Bender                                                                                                                                

Page 2 (6 Panels)

Panel 1

 We are looking over the ladies shoulder (practically down her top) as we can see the lady opening the menu and inside is a folded note.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2

She opens the note and reads it. (we can’t see what she is reading)

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 3

She then folds the note really small.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 4

She then burns the note using the candle.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 5

She then places the burning note on the plate

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 6

She covers it with a bowl which is on her table

NO DIALOGUE

Blood Red Lipstick by Kelly Bender                                                                                                                                                

Page 3 (5 Panels)

Panel 1

The lady reaches into her cleavage

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2

We can see money in her hand (which was in her cleavage) and puts it under the plate she just burned with the bowl.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 3 (largest panel)

She is walking away in the direction of the AFRICAN dictator and his 2 military men.

AFRICAN DICTATOR:

Hey gorgeous, want to party with a leader of men?

AFRICAN GENERAL 1:

Don’t do it man, those French call girls will be the death of you.

AFRICAN GENERAL 2:

Haha but what a way to go!

Panel 4

We can see the same waiter cleaning up the table.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 5

We have scanned down from the waiter and we can see the chair and beneath the chair we can see the top of the ladies red purse.

NO DIALOGUE 

Blood Red Lipstick by Kelly Bender                                                                                                                                                

Page 04 (2 Panels)

Panel 1

Close up of the purse

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2 (massive panel)

Large explosion!! Chairs, broken glass, rubble, body parts, everything flying everywhere.

SFX:

BOOM!!!!

Blood Red Lipstick by Kelly Bender                                                                                                                                                

 

Page 05 (4 Panels)

Panel 1

We can see an elderly British man (60’s) wearing a light brown colored suit and sitting at a large oak desk and he is smiling

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2

The door opens and we can see another British man (40’s) wearing a dark blue suit.

MAN AT DOOR:

It’s done.

Panel 3

We are back to the man who is sitting at the desk

MAN SITTING AT THE DESK:

I knew it was done when I sent her.

Bring her home.

Panel 4

We are looking at both of the men.

MAN AT THE DOOR:

She’s on her way as we speak.

THE END

Pitch Comic 2 "The Other Half" (4 issue mini series)

This is a story about the balance of the universe.

Script by me
Drawings by the amazing Adrian Crismaru (we are working on a western story together also)

The Other Half Issue 1 Kelly Bender                                                                                                                      

Page 01 (4 Panels)

Panel 1

We are looking at a 40 year old man, he is 6’2’’ (205 lbs) not skinny, not muscular, but is starting to see the signs of a beer gut. He has Medium length brown hair and a nicely trimmed beard (everything about him shouts money/power and wealth) He is wearing an expensive suit and a Rolex watch (if we see it all)

MAN:

Monthly reports are showing a 13% increase in profits, and if we land this new contract with the “Nagomi Company”, BURKESTONE TECH is poised to be the top Security Tech Company in the world.

Panel 2

This panel is black with a word bar (in white)

WORD BAR:

San Francisco, Tuesday July 16^th 2013

Panel 3

We are now looking at the room, we can see a large oval oak table, there are 7 people sitting there looking at man speaking. There are 6 men and 1 woman.  (the 7 peoples ages range from late 30’s – early 60’s) the lady is in her 40’s, and one of the guys is in his 50’s have him facing us as he is the man who is speakings closest friend of the group. He is Asian. They are the executives and the man speaking is the CEO it’s his company.  The man is holding a water bottle now.

MAN:

So gentlemen.... and lady.  

Let’s raise our glasses to the future of BURKESTONE TECH and the future of security.

Panel 4

We can see the people clapping and raising water glasses.

SFX:

Clap clap 

           (As you can see we went from 4 panels in the script to a clean 3 panels in the finished drawing.)

The Other Half Issue 1 Kelly Bender                                                                                                                        

Page 02 (2 Panels)

Panel 1 (large panel)

This is an aerial shot, we are outside the top of a building with the name BURKESTONE TECH on it. We can see the city, other buildings.

COMIC TITLE:

THE OTHER HALF

ISSUE TITLE:

THE GOOD LIFE

CREDITS:

Words: Kelly Bender

Pictures: Adrian Crismaru 

Panel 2

We looking through the glass and seeing the people from the meeting leaving the room. 

The Other Half Issue 1 Kelly Bender                                                                                                                        

Page 03 (5 Panels)

Panel 1

We can see the man who spoke standing at the end of the table gathering up his pages.

NO DIALOGUE

Panel 2

We can see the 50 year old Asian man from the meeting leaning against the door frame that the other people just walked out of.

ASIAN MALE:

Kyle, you know you have people on staff who would gather your papers for you.

Of course you also have people on staff who are paid to deliver monthly financial reports also.

Me being one of them.

Panel 3

Man who spoke we now know his name to be Kyle.  He is looking up at the person who just spoke.

KYLE:

I know that Peter.

But, it’s my last name on the building and I still like doing some things myself. 

It’s why I still bring bag lunches to work. 

Panel 4

Both men are in the scene now.

PETER:

I thought you did that because of the new “health conscience” bistro menu downstairs?

KYLE:

Hehe

You’ve known me the longest Peter.  I’ve always been hands on. 

Going from where we were to what we are today.

That doesn’t happen without getting sweaty and your hands all callused.  

Panel 5

Looking at Peter.

PETER:
I know Kyle, it’s just that you are getting older, next thing you know your kids will be off to College.

I’m just saying that the company is going great, it has been for quite some time now. 

We’ve got great people handling things.  

You don’t have to work all the time anymore.

Take a break, see the world.